Displacement device for slidable and turnable separation elements and functional entity

Abstract

The displacement device includes a guide carriage that is slidable along a running rail and that is pivotally connectable to a first separation element. The guide carriage includes a carriage body with a carriage head and a carriage foot, which carriage head and carriage foot are connected with one another by a connecting beam, wherein the carriage head holds at least one support wheel and at least two guide wheels and wherein the carriage foot is connected torque proof with a first end piece of a hinge lever, whose second end piece is pivotally held by a hinge shaft that is connectable to a sidewall of the first separation element.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A connecting device for pivotally connecting a first and a second separation element with one another with at least one pair of hinges with a first hinge and a second hinge connected to one another;
 said first hinge comprising a first hinge lever provided on the first separation element and said second hinge comprising a second hinge lever; 
 said first hinge lever connected on one side to a first mounting element that is firmly connectable to a first side of the first separation element and on the other side is pivotally connected to a common hinge element, which is held between the first and the second separation element; 
 said second hinge lever connected on one side to a second mounting element that is firmly connectable to a first side of the second separation element and on the other side is pivotally connected to said common hinge element; 
 said first hinge lever and second hinge lever being bent such that the common hinge element is held distant from a plane that is formed by the first sides of the first and second separation element, when the first and second separation element are longitudinally aligned, and that the common hinge element is held between the planes of the first sides of the first and second separation element, when the first and second separation element are aligned in parallel; 
 wherein the common hinge element comprises an articulated shaft that forms a common pivot axis for the first and the second hinge lever; 
 wherein the common hinge element comprises an intermediate bracket that is connected to the articulated shaft and that extends along and in parallel to front edges of the first and second separation element when the first and second separation element are longitudinally aligned; and 
 wherein at least one clamp is attached to the intermediate bracket to hold the articulated shaft. 
 
     
     
       2. The connecting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the common hinge element is held in front of the first and second separation element, when the first and second separation element are aligned in parallel. 
     
     
       3. The connecting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the first or second hinge levers each comprise a first end piece that is connected to said articulated shaft and wherein one of the first end pieces of the first and second hinge lever is recessed in such a way that the first end pieces of the first and second hinge lever can be aligned in parallel when turned against one another. 
     
     
       4. The connecting device according to  claim 3 , wherein the first and second hinge levers are L-shaped. 
     
     
       5. The connecting device according to  claim 3 , wherein the recessed end piece of the first or second hinge levers comprises two L-shaped lever members that delimit a recess for receiving the non-recessed end piece of other of the first or second levers. 
     
     
       6. The connecting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one clamp comprises a wedge-shaped clamp element slidably engaged in a form locking manner into the intermediate bracket, a locking means, and an axial bore, in which the articulated shaft is held. 
     
     
       7. The connecting device according to  claim 6 , wherein the locking means comprise a bridge-shaped locking element and wherein the wedge-shaped clamp comprises a threaded bore, in which a locking screw is held, with which the wedge-shaped clamp is pulled against the bridge-shaped locking element. 
     
     
       8. The connecting device according to  claim 1 , wherein a holding element is attached to the common hinge element. 
     
     
       9. A displacement device for displacing a first and a second separation element which are pivotally connected with one another by a connecting device;
 the connecting device comprising: 
 at least one pair of hinges with a first hinge and a second hinge connected to one another; 
 said first hinge comprising a first hinge lever provided on the first separation element and said second hinge comprising a second hinge lever; 
 said first hinge lever connected on one side to a first mounting element that is firmly connectable to a first side of the first separation element and on the other side is pivotally connected to a common hinge element, which is held between the first and the second separation element; 
 said second hinge lever connected on one side to a second mounting element that is firmly connectable to a first side of the second separation element and on the other side is pivotally connected to said common hinge element; 
 said first hinge lever and second hinge lever being bent such that the common hinge element is held distant from a plane that is formed by the first sides of the first and second separation element, when the first and second separation element are longitudinally aligned, and that the common hinge element is held between the planes of the first sides of the first and second separation element, when and the first and second separation element are aligned in parallel; 
 wherein the common hinge element comprises an articulated shaft that forms a common pivot axis for the first and the second hinge lever; 
 wherein the common hinge element comprises an intermediate bracket that is connected to the articulated shaft and that extends along and in parallel to front edges of the first and second separation element when the first and second separation element are aligned in parallel; and 
 wherein at least one clamp is attached to the intermediate bracket to hold the articulated shaft. 
 
     
     
       10. The displacement device according to  claim 9 , with a guide carriage that is slidable along a running rail and that is pivotally connected to the first separation element, wherein the guide carriage comprises a carriage body with a carriage head and a carriage foot, which carriage head and carriage foot are connected with one another by a connecting beam, wherein the carriage head holds at least one support wheel and at least two guide wheels and wherein the carriage foot is connected torque proof with a first end piece of a hinge lever, whose second end piece is pivotally held by a hinge shaft that is connectable to a sidewall of the first separation element.